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- Opinion · Jan 16, 2015What the Pope Got Wrong About Free Expression
We heathens can leave the theological debate to others. But Pope Francis
- Opinion · Jan 16, 2015Obama to Further Tighten the Noose on ‘Big Awl’
good news for America’s currently overhyped economy. Yes, you heard me right; despite all the faux euphoria projected by the administration and the media, this economy is not bouncing … power-mad, self-righteous and unaccountable Environmental Protection Agency. What could go wrong? What the administration isn’t telling us is that regardless of how efficient methane is at trapping
- Opinion · Jan 15, 2015The Challenge: Neighborhood in Absence of Brotherhood
something very concrete. And that is that we have accepted the attitude that right and wrong are merely relative. > > “But I’m here to say to you this morning that … thing is that we have adopted a sort of a pragmatic test for right and wrong -- whatever works is right. If it works, it’s all right. > > “My friends, that
- Article · Jan 15, 2015The Future Must Not Belong to Slanderers of Freedom
Davis Hanson : “After the September 2012 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Obama wrongly blamed filmmaker Nakoula Nakoula for sparking the violence by posting an anti-Islamic video. Obama … were obnoxious or clever, self-destructive or courageous – but only whether Westerners reserve the right on their own soil to express themselves as they please. Too bad so many
- Opinion · Jan 15, 2015Offenders of the Western Faith
society around them. If the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo loses the millennia-old right to ridicule Islam from within a democracy, then there is no longer a West … Muslims. After the September 2012 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Obama wrongly blamed filmmaker Nakoula Nakoula for sparking the violence by posting an anti-Islamic video. Obama chose
- Opinion · Jan 14, 2015In Denial About the Attack in France
violence, they always find it.” Words matter, especially to journalists, and this was the wrong word. Activists write letters to the editor, join a community organization or protest, volunteer … declaration.) After the terrorist attack, liberal journalists worried about the “backlash” from the “far right” that opposes rapid immigration or the spread of aggressive Islam. On MSNBC, for example, Andrea
- Opinion · Jan 14, 2015Charlie Hebdo in the Dock
barbaric attack on Charlie Hebdo by endorsing the illiberal idea that people have a right not to be offended. It is true that France does not prescribe the death penalty … wrong thing in the wrong context can be treated as a crime, it would not be surprising if some people, convinced that their rights had been violated and that they
- Opinion · Jan 14, 2015Better Luck Next Times
calling the cake pan black in Colorado, where member of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission was caught on tape calling Christian baker Jack Phillips a “Nazi” for politely turning down … people can use...” Less despicable, most will say, than Rice’s own rhetoric, which wrongly vilifies the majority of Americans who agree with Jack’s view. Fortunately, Jack’s attorneys
- Opinion · Jan 14, 2015The Better Option
taxi companies don’t like competition from ride-sharing services like Uber. Taxi companies, rightly, say it’s unfair that they have to obey all kinds of rules … town. Government is force. Government can always win, even when it’s wrong. COPYRIGHT 2015 BY JFS PRODUCTIONS INC. DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM
- Opinion · Jan 11, 2015Two Views of Capitalism
York Times writer Paul Krugman gives evidence that the Haidt theory is right and Goodman is wrong. In all its guises the exploitation theory has one central message: the reason
- Opinion · Jan 9, 2015Will the Speaker Do Some Listening?
committees and bills within hours of pledging to “stand tall and prove the skeptics wrong.” But the day of reckoning meant for conservatives seemed to affect the Speaker more … conservatives like Marco Rubio who aren’t afraid to stand up for what’s right -- regardless which way the political winds are blowing. ##Open Doors Says Others Are Closing
- Opinion · Jan 9, 2015The Revenue-Neutral Gas Tax
cent hike in the federal tax to use for infrastructure spending. Right idea, wrong policy. The hike should not be 10 cents but $1. And the proceeds should … cent hike in the federal tax to use for infrastructure spending. Right idea, wrong policy. The hike should not be 10 cents but $1. And the proceeds should
- Article · Jan 8, 2015All the Children Left Behind
that these long overdue reforms are finally in place, but the funds are not.” Wrong. Even as education funding skyrocketed over the years, so-called reforms failed to improve education … being used to hold children hostage in failing schools. Of course, for those who (rightly) argue that the federal government has no constitutionally authorized role in education
- Opinion · Jan 7, 2015Self-Love vs. Self-Betterment
murdering their unborn children. That does not make their action right, or public policy designed to stop such action wrong. Self-betterment used to be the motto of Western civilization
- Opinion · Jan 7, 2015AGW Forecast: More of the Same
they see ... from the stands. They aren’t out fighting every day, where right and wrong can be determined in real time. Perhaps it’s the leftover attitude from … From our sight Red is gray and Yellow white But we decide Which is right And Which is an Illusion I don’t now if it’s a cold hearted
- Article · Jan 5, 2015Civic Virtue? One State Gets It Right!
about the demise of our civic culture.” No, it’s not. And while a rights focus versus an obligation focus may account for some of the decline, the 800-pound … Madison, among others.” In their place, students will learn about class, race and gender wrongs. One such example is that set by the cities of Seattle and Minneapolis, where Columbus
- Opinion · Jan 5, 2015The Narrative vs. the Truth
seen! Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, the Grand Jury got it ALL WRONG. Before you watch the video, let me warn you that it’s not pretty. A couple … oldest and truest bromides goes, two wrongs don’t make a right. Third, have a little personal integrity. It’s hard to complain about an untrustworthy media
- Opinion · Jan 1, 2015The Challenge: Taking a Personal Inventory
identify as alcoholism. (Take, for instance, prideful addictions like the need to be right and the refusal to apologize, which can damage relationships and destroy families.) Nevertheless, the twelve step … ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. 6. Be ready to have God remove all these defects of character. 7. Humbly ask Him to remove
- Opinion · Jan 1, 2015Studying ISIS and Ourselves
culture as “godless” and decadent. If their solution is the wrong one, we might ask ourselves what the right one would look like. In Europe, the cultural and spiritual influences
- Opinion · Jan 1, 2015A Strike Against Rent-Seeking
courts have -- without justification from the Constitution’s text or structure -- distinguished between rights deemed “fundamental” and others pertaining to economic life. Courts have permitted any limitations on the latter … harbinger of judges returning to judging, thereby doing something rare in government -- rethinking a wrong turn. (c) 2015, Washington Post Writers Group